Leap frog letter factory

Yes, my toddler learned the entire alphabet and their sounds through this dvd before 2.5 years old. they have a very catching song and my son still sings it sometimes. we got ours in the US so if you have a friend visiting from there ask them, but I also bet some parents who have older kids are willing to part with it.....have you also checked all the usual suspects - B2B, Toys R Us has a great range of Leap Frog products etc....

Southside852- do you have a special DVD player? I was thinking about having my mom in the US mail it to me, but since US manufactured DVDs are Region 1, I wasnt sure whether it would play on HK DVD players.

Nicolejoy- thanks for the lead! Will check it out :)Posted via Mobile Device

I too read the raving amazon.com reviews and bought the whole set (ordered from amazon, shipping cost was affordable), but our 2 year-old son cannot be bothered with it, doesn't enjoy it at all. Yet, he's learned all the numbers, all the letters, and all the shapes (I think I was 10 when I mastered this much) by watching, instead,

PreSchool Prep Factory, Meet the Numbers, Meet the Letters, Meet the Shapes, also a set of several DVDs.

I too prefer the preschool DVDs. I think the reason is this: a 2 year-old doesnt' have much vocab, our son was 1 year old when he started watching and only knew how to say "water" and "snack" (I'm not joking), so the non-stop blabbering of the Leapfrog factory was a nuisance to him (and to us), whereas the more subtle take of Preschool prep factory DVDs worked a charm for him (and us).

I think it's down to age and, perhaps, personality. At a young age like 1 or 2, the Leapfrog is too much talk and the Preschool Prep is perfect. At a later age, maybe 4 or 5, perhaps Leapfrog may work better.

The amazon reviews are mostly from US customers, and I'm guessing most US kids would be learning letters and numbers no earlier than about 4 years of age as compared with the overachieving crazy HK kids who can do that at the age of 1 or 2. So if true that would be consistent with my view that Leapfrog is probably okay for the "older" kid, while Preschool Prep is for the "ultra young"...